Edin. Med. Jour., Aug. 1866.]
[Footnote 14: Trans. Obst. Soc. of London, vol. xxxiii.]
[Footnote 15: Seguin Lecture, _op. cit._]
[Footnote 16: "Pinch" is used to avoid the use of a technical term, but
should be understood to mean the grasping and squeezing of a part with
the whole hand, using the palmar portion of the fingers to press the
grasped mass against the "heel" of the hand. Fuller technical details of
the massage process and consideration of its effects will be found in
the excellent "Handbook" of Kleen, in the works of Dr. Douglas Graham,
Dr. A. Symon Eccles, and in an article in Professor Clifford Albutt's
"System of Medicine" (1896), by Dr. John K. Mitchell.]
[Footnote 17: Dr. Symon Eccles in "The Practice of Massage" recommends
this order.]
[Footnote 18: Some care is needed not to overwork patients. For details
I must refer to manuals of Swedish Gymnastics.]
[Footnote 19: See also page 91.]
[Footnote 20: A number of observations in late years have been made upon
the effect of massage upon elimination. Among the articles to which the
practitioner desiring further to study this subject may be referred
are,--
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